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5 Nov 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The war is in words and the wood is the world."Weldon Kees Weldon Kees was a poet who disappeared in San Francisco at the age of 41. His wife was an alcoholic, and had a psychotic break while watching the McCarthy hearings on TV. She was institu...
5 Nov 2024 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Even in the absence of bodies, funeral preparations begin immediately. Though Jeremy and to a lesser extent Emily assure the others that they certainly don’t need to throw everything down to travel an hour and attend, nearly all involved with Otherw...
2 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
It was hot outside todaylike the insideoven oven All the grasson the moonis black; The beach is graylike a cigarettetray, The mountains madeof ash, andcracks Will formin the lunarclay; The ocean of snow will be revealed; I walked awayfrom the smokin...
29 Oct 2024 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
It’s funny how your mind can wander even at a time like this. The thought strikes Jeremy as he stands outside this gift shop, staring at the side of the police car. Then again, it’s not as though you can shut these thoughts down, not withou...
27 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
Eyes so bright, behind them you can see the fight. Witness the might, fear not as you take flight. Don't forget light, when you fight you daemons at night. Watch angels smite, as the dawn brings sunlight. Watching a kite, i wonder if the wind can tak...
23 Oct 2024 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Emily’s hard at work on her mural throughout the tour. She doesn’t find the presence of others the least bit distracting – on the contrary, she enjoys the warmth they bring to this environment. And if nothing else, it’s another attraction for luri...
17 Oct 2024 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Though the tours ramp up within a few hours of their return, and perhaps Kidwell might have been expecting something from him today, Jeremy crashes until well past noon. It doesn’t much matter, because nothing requiring his intervention happens, a...
15 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Alexander Kass
What does “Rick and Morty” share with our dreary lives? Nothing. And yet, everything. This show is like a cheap bottle of whiskey: it numbs your mind and, frankly, leaves you with a hollow feeling inside. But that emptiness isn’t entirely a bad thi...
15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist
By and By, time drifts by, Moments fly long before you can say goodbye Leaves you feeling like a fruit fly just before they sprayed the sky. By and By, the ticking never ends, Funny how the best times feel like the names of old friends, you just c...
14 Oct 2024 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
For Emily, the terror wrapped around this frantic dash from The Ruiner has nothing to do with the distance traveled. Rather, it’s the lack thereof. That and how it’s even possible to get this catastrophically turned around in such a short p...
